Saturday's high school schedule:

8:00 -- Girls SHR prelims

8:15 -- Boys SHR prelims

9:30 -- Girls 4x100 prelims

9:58 -- Boys 4x100 prelims

10:25 -- Girls 4x800

10:40 -- Boys 4x800

11:43 -- Girls SHR

11:48 -- Boys SHR

12:53 -- Girls 400H

1:00 -- Boys 400H

4:29 -- Girls 4x100 

4:34 -- Boys 4x100

4:39 -- Girls 1,500

4:47 -- Boys 1,600

5:09 -- Girls 4x400

5:16 -- Boys 4x400

Tonight's story on the Elite Mile races.

Boys 4x400 finalists:

Ankeny 3:20.32

Mount Vernon 3:20.37

Mason City 3:20.47

Cedar Falls 3:20.66

West Des Moines Valley 3:20.77

Johnston 3:21.34

Linn-Mar 3:21.94

Cedar Rapids Prairie 3:23.58

ELITE MILES:

Girls — 1. Adrienne Buettner-Cable (Des Moines Roosevelt), 4:49.58; 2. Paityn Noe (Ballard), 4:49.91; 3. Addi Dorenkamp (West Des Moines Valley), 4:51.45; 4. Josie Baker (Kirkwood Mo.), 4:54.33; 5. Libby Castelli (Sioux Falls S.D. O'Gorman), 4:56.96; 6. Lydia Sommer (Pleasant Valley), 4:58.34; 7. Marley Turk (Ames), 5:00.35; 8. Jordyn Arens (Crofton Neb.), 5:22.35.

Boys — 1. Simeon Birnbaum (Rapid City S.D. Stevens), 4:02.36; 2. Jackson Heidesch (West Des Moines Dowling), 4:02.76; 3. Wyatt Haughton (Shawnee Mission Kan. East), 4:05.99; 4. Ford Washburn (Iowa City High), 4:07.08; 5. Noah Breker (Plymouth Minn. Robbinsdale Armstrong), 4:09.68; 6. Andrew Hauser (Columbia Mo. Rock Bridge), 4:12.87; 7. Hobbs Campbell (Joplin, Mo.) 4:15.01; 8. Daniel Watcke (Hinsdale Ill. Central), 4:18.45.

3:21.34 wins the second heat.

My gosh, what a 4x400 first heat that was from the boys ...

Ankeny 3:20.32

Mount Vernon 3:20.37

Cedar Falls 3:20.66

WDM Valley 3:20.77

 

Girls 4x400 finalists:

Ames 3:53.66

Ankeny Centennial 3:55.96

Cedar Rapids Kennedy 3:56.59

Waukee Northwest 3:58.53

Southeast Polk 3:59.63

Johnston 3:59.77

Dubuque Wahlert 4:00.11

Cedar Falls 4:00.30

As the Elite Miles approach ... 54 degrees (feels like 52). Wind out of the northwest now at 13 mph.

Gonna step away for a little bit.

Elite Girls Mile at 8:18, Elite Boys Mile at 8:25, then we shift to the 4x400 prelims after that.

Today's final story on the area girls, led by Cedar Rapids Kennedy's sprint medley relay championship.

Today's final story on the area boys, led by Cedar Rapids Washington's 1-2 push by Miles Thompson and Michael Blank.

Boys 400 — 1. Ryce Reynolds (Mount Ayr), 48.46; 2. Elijah Morris (Washington), 48.52; 3. Jashua Anglo (Johnston), 48.75; 4. Jackson Belding (Ankeny), 48.90; 5. James Fingalsen (Mason City), 49.08; 6. Zach Fall (Mount Vernon), 49.29; 7. Logan Fairchild (Winterset), 49.37; 8. Theo Moseman (Lawton-Bronson), 49.38.

Girls 400 — 1. Jaidyn Sellers (Panorama), 56.24; 2. Sidney Swartzendruber (Cedar Rapids Kennedy), 56.87; 3. Addison Swartzendruber (Cedar Rapids Kennedy), 57.29; 4. Kadence Huck (Nashua-Plainfield), 57.81; 5. Lauren McCoy (West Des Moines Dowling), 57.81; 6. Reese Brownlee (Clear Lake), 57.87; 7. Gracie Federspiel (Solon), 58.52; 8. Anjelena Carder (Waukee), 58.63.

Girls and boys 400s about to go.

Boys 100 — 1. Miles Thompson (Cedar Rapids Washington), 10.54; 2. Michael Blank (Cedar Rapids Washington), 10.73; 3. Baylor Speidel (Lisbon), 10.92; 4. Tyler Sickerson (Ankeny), 10.94; 5. Logan Fairchild (Winterset), 10.95; 6. Jackson Belding (Ankeny), 10.96; 7. C.J. Shetterly (Pella), 11.03; 8. Izaiah Loveless (Iowa City West), 11.04.

Girls 100 — 1. Jaidyn Sellers (Panorama), 12.23; 2. Jessica Kyne (Des Moines Hoover), 12.34; 3. Olivia Kramer (West Des Moines Dowling), 12.49; 4. Makayla Crannell (Adel ADM), 12.53; 5. Alexis Boord (Southeast Polk), 12.57; 6. Elliana Harris (Sioux City East), 12.60; 7. Tierney Huss (MOC-Floyd Valley), 12.62; 8. Meghan McDonald (Dubuque Wahlert), 12.74.

Boys 800 — 1. Ammon Smith (Iowa City High), 1:53.42; 2. Chase Lauman (Pella), 1:53.83; 3. Gabe Nash (Sioux City North), 1:53.90; 4. Truman Thompson (Iowa City High), 1:53.95; 5. Tommy Tyynismaa (South Tama), 1:54.25; 6. Tommy Hensley (Urbandale), 1:54.68; 7. James Fingalsen (Mason City), 1:54.70; 8. Logan Rosas (Mediapolis), 1:55.68.

Girls 800 — 1. Adrienne Buettner-Cable (Des Moines Roosevelt), 2:10.62; 2. Clare Kelly (Van Meter), 2:10.81; 3. Madison Brouwer (Sibley-Ocheyedan), 2:12.03; 4. Keelee Leitzen (Dubuque Hempstead), 2:12.80; 5. Kadence Huck (Nashua-Plainfield), 2:12.82; 6. Grace Boleyn (Pleasant Valley), 2:13.12; 7. Noelle Steines (Calamus-Wheatland), 2:13.78; 8. Ani Wedemeyer (Iowa City High), 2:14.22.

Boys 800 relay — 1. Johnston (Fox, Wilson, Anglo, Fox), 1:27.29; 2. Iowa City West, 1:27.41; 3. Cedar Rapids Washington, 1:27.97; 4. West Burlington, 1:28.40; 5. DeWitt Central, 1:28.50; 6. Western Dubuque, 1:28.89; 7. Pella, 1:29.39; 8. Cedar Rapids Prairie, 1:29.58.

 

Girls 800 relay — 1. Waukee Northwest (Madison, Carnes, Van Zetten, Winter), 1:41.33; 2. Ames, 1:42.06; 3. West Des Moines Dowling, 1:42.45; 4. Adel ADM, 1:42.84; 5. Waukee, 1:43.26; 6. Johnston, 1:43.72; 7. Dubuque Wahlert, 1:43.78; 8. Decorah, 1:44.00.

An early story: Xavier's Grayson Hartman, Iowa City West DMR win boys titles.

Waukee Northwest ... girls 4x200 champ. 1:41.33.

An early story: Cedar Rapids Kennedy ends a 31-year Drake girls title drought. 

Boys 110 hurdles — 1. Grayson Hartman (Cedar Rapids Xavier), 14.10; 2. Triston Miller (Columbus Community), 14.24; 3. Jaden Damiano (Iowa Falls-Alden), 14.33; 4. Will Davidson (Mount Pleasant), 14.52; 5. Nicholas Gorsich (Linn-Mar), 14.53; 6. Carter Toews (Spirit Lake), 14.65; 7. Beckett DeJean (OABCIG), 14.70; 8. Kasey Wirtjes (Denver), 15.19.

Girls 100 hurdles — 1. Ali Frandsen (Ames), 14.33; 2. Jerra Merchant (Spencer), 14.85; 3. Olivia Kramer (West Des Moines Dowling), 15.09; 4. Naomi Durin (Cedar Rapids Xavier), 15.09; 5. Alex Gaskell (West Des Moines Dowling), 15.30; 6. Grace Braden (Cedar Rapids Kennedy), 15.37; 7. Arriana Johnson (Des Moines Roosevelt), 18.89.

Boys distance medley relay — 1. Iowa City West (Rent, Loveless, Jacobsen, Tiea), 3:26.67; 2. Iowa City High, 3:27.65; 3. Johnston, 3:28.29; 4. Mount Vernon, 3:29.07; 5. Mediapolis, 3:29.84; 6. Pella, 3:30.23; 7. Norwalk, 3:30.26; 8. Waukee, 3:30.90.

Girls sprint medley relay — 1. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (Hullon, Hospodarsky, A. Swartzendruber, S. Swartzendruber), 1:46.10; 2. Solon, 1:47.35; 3. West Des Moines Dowling, 1:47.53; 4. Dubuque Wahlert, 1:47.63; 5. Bettendorf, 1:48.00; 6. Ames, 1:48.12; 7. Waukee Northwest, 1:48.59; 8. Johnston, 1:48.70.

Girls high jump — 1. Maddie Olson (Sheldon), 5-8; 2. London Warmuth (Adel ADM), 5-6; 3. Reagan Hanfelt (Ankeny), 5-6; 4. Sydney Maue (Center Point-Urbana), 5-6; 5. Josie Moreland (Waukee), 5-6; 6. Keely Collins (Charles City), 5-6; 7. (tie) Carlee Rochford (New Hampton) and Rachel Schany (Emmetsburg), 5-4.

Boys discus — 1. Duke Faley (Dubuque Wahlert), 187-5; 2. Trevor Veenstra (Pella Christian), 181-0; 3. Brandon Fischer (Pella), 180-4 1/4; 4. Lucas Morrison (Waukee Northwest), 178-1 1/2; 5. Spencer Kessel (Louisa-Muscatine), 173-7 1/4; 6. Ben Kampman (Solon), 165-1; 7. Hanson King (Pella), 163-5; 8. Adam Smith (Solon), 161-1.

Girls shot put — 1. Charlee Morton (Hampton-Dumont/CAL), 43-3 1/2; 2. Audi Crooks (Algona Garrigan), 42-10 3/4; 3. Jorie Hanenburg (North Scott), 42-1 3/4; Ashlyn Finarty (Knoxville), 40-6; 5. Katelyn Grady (Sheldon), 40-4 1/4; 6. Chloe Reiser (Decorah), 40-2 1/2; 7. Emily Baker (Bedford), 40-1; 8. Lauren Travis (Spirit Lake), 40-0 3/4.

 

Boys long jump — 1. Abu Sama (Southeast Polk), 23-6 1/4; 2. T.J. Jackson (Linn-Mar), 22-0; 3. Gabe Winterrowd (OABCIG), 21-7; 4. Carter Sievers (Newell-Fonda), 21-5 1/4; 5. (Isaac Jones), 21-3 3/4; 6. Jay Gatto (Anamosa), 21-3; 7. Ronnie Major (Iowa City High), 21-3; 8. Thomas Eschman (Central Lee), 21-1 3/4.

Coming up:

9:49 -- Girls SMR

10:03 -- Boys DMR

10:33 -- Girls 100H final

10:38 -- Boys 110H final

 

Area finalists in the boys long jump:

T.J. Jackson, Linn-Mar (2nd)

Jay Gatto, Anamosa (4th)

Ronnie Major, City High (5th)

Aidan Jacobsen, Iowa City West (6th)

 

Solon's Ben Kampman (6th) and Adam Smith (8th) are going to make the boys discus finals.

Field event updates ... 

T.J. Jackson of Linn-Mar is the current leader in the boys long jump (22-0). Nearly done with prelims. 

Adam Smith of Solon is 6th early in the boys discus.

Girls shot put and high jump ... just underway.

 

BOYS 100 FINALS (2:28 p.m.):

Miles Thompson, C.R. Washington

Michael Blank, C.R. Washington

Tyler Sickerson, Ankeny

Logan Fairchild, Winterset

Baylor Speidel, Lisbon

Izaiah Loveless, Iowa City West

Jackson Belding, Ankeny

C.J. Shetterly, Pella

 

Boys 100 prelims, Heat 4:

Miles Thompson, C.R. Washington, 10.37

RELAYS RECORD, #2 ALL-TIME

 

Boys 100 prelims: Heat 3:

Michael Blank, C.R. Washington, 10.63

Baylor Speidel, Lisbon, 10.79

Izaiah Loveless, Iowa City West, 10.80

*10.86 is the bubble*

Boys 100 prelims, Heat 2:

Will Neuharth, Harlan, 10.89

 

Boys 100 prelims, Heat 1:

Tyler Sickerson, Ankeny, 10.70

Logan Fairchild, Winterset, 10.76

 

 

GIRLS 100 FINALISTS (2:23 p.m.):

Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama

Jessica Kyne, DM Hoover

Tierney Huss, MOC-FV

Olivia Kramer, Dowling

Makayla Crannell, ADM

Elliana Harris, SC East

Alexis Boord, SE Polk

Meghan McDonald, Wahlert

 

Girls 100 prelims, Heat 4:

Jaidyn Sellers, Panorama, 12.12

Alexis Boord, SE Polk, 12.42

*12.44 is the final cut*

Girls 100 prelims, Heat 3:

Jessica Kyne, DM Hoover, 12.19

Elliana Harris, SC East, 12.41

Brynn Walters, Western Dubuque, 12.48

*12.48 is the bubble*

Girls 100 prelims, Heat 2:

Tierney Huss, MOC-FV, 12.28

Meghan McDonald, Wahlert, 12.44

 

Girls 100 prelims, Heat 1:

Olivia Kramer, Dowling, 12.30

Makayla Crannell, ADM, 12.35

Kanijah Angel, Clinton, 12.48

Up now: Girls 100 prelims.

BOYS 110H FINALISTS (10:38 a.m.):

Grayson Hartman, Xavier

Triston Miller, Columbus Comm.

Jaden Damiano, Iowa Falls-Alden

Nicholas Gorsich, Linn-Mar

Will Davidson, Mount Pleasant

Beckett DeJean, OABCIG

Carter Toews, Spirit Lake

Kasey Wirtjes, Denver

 

110H Heat 4:

Nicholas Gorsich, Linn-Mar, 14.48

Kasey Wirtjes, Denver, 14.85

*14.85 is the cut*

110H Heat 3:

Beckett DeJean, OABCIG, 14.70

Carter Toews, Spirit Lake, 14.70

 

* 14.90 is the bubble *

 

 

110H Heat 2:

Grayson Hartman, Xavier, 14.05 (#8 all-time)

Triston Miller, Columbus Community 14.17

110H Heat 1:

Jaden Damiano, Iowa Falls-Alden, 14.44

Will Davidson, Mount Pleasant, 14.53

Quentin Burt, Bondurant-Farrar, 14.88

 

 

Next up: Boys 110H prelims.

GIRLS 100H FINALISTS (10:33 a.m.):

Ali Frandsen, Ames

Jerra Merchant, Spencer

Olivia Kramer, Dowling

Grace Braden, Kennedy

Clara Teigland, Treynor

Arriana Johnson, Roosevelt

Naomi Durin, Xavier

Alex Gaskell, Dowling

 

100H Heat 4:

Ali Frandsen, Ames, 14.53

Alex Gaskell, WDM Dowling, 15.27

* 15.27 is the final cut *

 

100H Heat 3:

Olivia Kramer, WDM Dowling, 15.00

Silvana Kabolo, CCA, 15.34

*15.34 is the cut*

100H Heat 2:

Clara Teigland, Treynor, 15.09

Naomi Durin, C.R. Xavier, 15.22

Emma Havinghurst, WDM Valley, 15.32

 

100H Heat 1:

Jerra Merchant, Spencer, 14.88

Grace Braden, C.R. Kennedy, 15.08

Arriana Johnson, D.M. Roosevelt, 15.15

Girls 100H prelims about to begin.

We're on title watch with the following this morning:

GIRLS SHOT: Chloe Reiser (Decorah).

GIRLS SMR: Solon, Cedar Rapids Kennedy

BOYS LONG JUMP: T.J. Jackson (Linn-Mar), Jay Gatto (Anamosa), Aidan Jacobsen (Iowa City West)

BOYS DMR: Iowa City West, Mount Vernon

BOYS 110H: Nicholas Gorsich (Linn-Mar), Grayson Hartman (Cedar Rapids Xavier)

Those are top-5 seeds.

 

8:30 -- Boys discus

8:30 -- Boys long jump

8:30 -- Girls 100 hurdles prelims

8:44 -- Boys 110 hurdles prelims

8:58 -- Girls 100 prelims

9:00 -- Girls shot put

9:08 -- Boys 100 prelims

9:30 -- Girls high jump

9:49 -- Girls sprint medley relay

10:03 -- Boys distance medley relay

10:33 -- Girls 100 hurdles

10:38 -- Boys 110 hurdles

12:47 -- Girls 4x200

1:00 -- Boys 4x200

1:41 -- Girls 800

1:48 -- Boys 800

2:23 -- Girls 100

2:28 -- Boys 100

5:14 -- Girls 400

5:20 -- Boys 400

8:18 -- Girls Elite Mile

8:25 -- Boys Elite Mile

8:31 -- Girls 1,600 relay prelims

8:48 -- Boys 1,600 relay prelims

Current Des Moines conditions: 50 degrees and sunny. Wind out of the southwest at 3. Feels like 49.

Good morning from Drake Stadium. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the middle day of the Drake Relays is about to begin.